dashing
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dash·ing

adjective

Definition of DASHING

1
: marked by vigorous action : spirited <a dashing young horse>
2
: marked by smartness especially in dress and manners
dash·ing·ly \-iŋ-lē\ adverb

Examples of DASHING

  1. She married a dashing young lawyer from the city.
  2. a brave and dashing soldier
  3. The actor cuts a dashing figure as a young Jack Kennedy.

First Known Use of DASHING

circa 1697

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